Auntie, Despite Herself

You have to love something enough to want to change it, said Chesterton. I remember how much New Labour in its pomp hated the BBC, and that is why, for all its many faults, I never will.

The same goes for the monarchy. I knew the people who came closest to destroying them both, I know what they wanted instead, and I can assure you that they still do. That is why I do not.